Who’s Really Winning the Direct Booking Wars Between Hotels and Online Travel Agencies?
Deanna Ting, Skift
Arguments can be made for a number of sides, but the truth is there's no true winner or loser here, if we're being totally honest.
3 weeks ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Arguments can be made for a number of sides, but the truth is there's no true winner or loser here, if we're being totally honest.
3 weeks ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
While most still don't think it's necessarily for them, there are a few who are starting to be open to giving it a try.
4 weeks ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
The bigger question the hotel industry is no doubt asking itself is this: Was this third quarter just a one-off? Or was it a sign of tougher times to come?
5 months ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
That corporate tax rate has helped companies with their balance sheets, but will those extra dollars actually translate to increased travel?
8 months ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift Research
While brand considerations must be made on a property-by-property basis, Skift Research's proprietary Brand Matrix analysis ranks Marriott and Hilton at the top.
1 year ago
Rebecca Stone, Skift Research
There may not be a "one size fits all" model for all hotel properties, but our latest research report highlights key items for hotel owners to think about when it comes to operating structures and branding strategies in today's environment.
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
As we've noted before, as much as hotels and online travel agencies may not necessarily love one another, they certainly need each other. Their current love-hate relationship will certainly change, however, if and when other players like Airbnb or Google become bigger players in the hotel booking space.
1 year ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Choice's decision to build its own reservation system in-house is a poke in the eye to the many technology companies that sell systems to hotel chains.
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
It wouldn't be a proper end of the year in hospitality without at least one more merger or acquisition, right? Choice Hotels' purchase of WoodSpring Suites makes some sense as it bolsters its position in the midscale and economy extended-stay space.
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
This makes a lot of sense, but can Marriott and Choice make their established midscale brands stand out among all of the more design-driven newcomers that others are unleashing? Or do consumers and developers not really care as long as they save or make money?
1 year ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
In some cases, the hotel-online travel agency relationship is still a tense situation, but for most big hotel companies, it's still business as usual.
2 years ago
Deanna Ting, Skift
Why? They make money. And they're easier to roll out than a "hard brand." (Thus, why those are "hard.")
2 years ago